On Tuesday, the whale-watching vessel Dana Pride spotted seven to 10 of the orcas off the Orange County coast.

California Killer Whale Project chief Alisa Schulman-Janiger tells the Los Angeles Times (
http://lat.ms/wq1xmX
) that the orcas are believed to be part of a transient population of killer whales usually seen around Monterey Bay.

In recent weeks, she says the same killer whales have been seen off the coast of Ventura.